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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 268 · 40 questions
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Remember (Book and writer): Ramayana – Valmiki, Mahabharata – Ved Vyasa, Panchatantra – Vishnu Sharma, Ramcharitmanas – Tulsidas, Meghaduta – Kalidasa, Gitanjali – Rabindranath Tagore, Tirukkural – Thiruvalluvar. Godan and Idgah – Premchand, The Jungle Book – Rudyard Kipling, Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll, Wings of Fire – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. The Bhagavad Gita is part of the Mahabharata and has 18 chapters; there were 5 Pandava brothers.

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  1. 1.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Krishna (c) Ravana (d) Hanuman
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  4. 4.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) Tirukkural (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Panchatantra
  5. 5.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Tamil
  8. 8.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Ramayana (c) Idgah (d) Gitanjali
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Premchand (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Ved Vyasa
  10. 10.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  11. 11.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Idgah (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Ramayana
  12. 12.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Rama (c) Bhima (d) Karna
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Tulsidas (d) Ved Vyasa
  14. 14.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) Kalidasa (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Tulsidas
  16. 16.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) recipes (c) animal stories (d) war songs
  17. 17.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Mahabharata (c) Tirukkural (d) Godan
  18. 18.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  20. 20.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) Idgah
  21. 21.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Valmiki (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  24. 24.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Kalidasa (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Thiruvalluvar
  27. 27.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Ramayana (c) Meghaduta (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  28. 28.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  30. 30.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Baloo (c) Shere Khan (d) Bagheera
  31. 31.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Tirukkural (b) The Jungle Book (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Godan
  33. 33.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Tirukkural (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Panchatantra
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Valmiki (b) Kalidasa (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rudyard Kipling
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Tulsidas (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Premchand (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Ved Vyasa
  37. 37.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Premchand (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Valmiki (d) Kalidasa
  40. 40.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Krishna
  3. English
  4. the Mahabharata
  5. 18
  6. English
  7. Sanskrit
  8. Meghaduta
  9. Ved Vyasa
  10. 5
  11. the Mahabharata
  12. Rama
  13. Tulsidas
  14. False
  15. Premchand
  16. animal stories
  17. Tirukkural
  18. False
  19. 18
  20. the Panchatantra
  21. False
  22. Bengali
  23. Vishnu Sharma
  24. False
  25. True
  26. Kalidasa
  27. the Ramayana
  28. True
  29. Hindi
  30. Mowgli
  31. True
  32. Godan
  33. Ramcharitmanas
  34. Valmiki
  35. Thiruvalluvar
  36. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  37. True
  38. False
  39. Kalidasa
  40. True

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